Talking Cuban Crisis (LP版)

Talking Cuban Crisis (LP版) - Phil Ochs

It was just a little while ago

I glued my ears to the radio

The announcer was saying wed better beware

A crisis was hanging a wave from the air

Crawling on the ground

Swimming in the sea

Heading for me

Well I didn't know if I was for or again it

He was yelling and screaming a mile a minute

Well he said here comes the president

But first this word from pepsodent

Have whiter teeth

Have cleaner breath

When you're facing nuclear death

And then president john began to speak

And I knew right away he wouldn't be weak

Well he said hed seen some missile bases

And terrible smiles on cuban faces

Close pictures

Carrying land reform too far

Giving land to the ussr

Well he said we mustn't be afraid

Were setting up a little blockade

Put our ships along the cuban shores

And if the russian bear yells and roars

Well let him have it

From turkey and greece formosa and spain

The peaceful west european plaing

From alaska and greenland well use our means

And twenty thousand submarines

Were gonna teach the russians a lesson

For trying to upset the balance of power

Now most americans stood behind

The president and his military minds

But me I stood behind a bar

Dreaming of a spaceship getaway car

Head for mars

Any other planet that has bars

Like gerdes folk city

Yes it seemed the presidents stand was strong and plain

But some republicans was a going insane

And they still are

They said our plan was just too mild

Spare the rod and spoil the child

Let's sink cuba into the sea

And give them back democracy

Under the water

Well the deadline was set for ten o'clock

For a cold war it was a getting hot

Well the russians tried the russians failed

Homeward bound those missiles sailed

Mr khruschev said better red than dead